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Article posted March 28, 2012 at 12:47 PM GMT •
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The Greek Parthenon is one of the greatest architecture moments in the ancient times. The Parthenon was built between 447 BC to 432 BC. It took so long because the Greeks had little technology unlike us so they had to make it man made with there hands. The size of the Parthenon is very large it took a long time to get all the supplies. The Parthenon is 69.5 by 30.9 m (228 by 101 ft).
The Parthenon was used as many things. For example each ruler who owned Athens had different servings for it. The Ancient Athenians used the Parthenon as a temple to the gods. Two important Gods were Athena and Zeus. In 5th century AD the Parthenon was used as a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Then during the Ottoman Rule they changed the Parthenon as a mosque.
The Parthenon has been damaged many times. One example of it was in September 26, 1687 when Venetian bombed part of the Parthenon. Another example is Thomas Bruce taking parts of the Parthenon to England. Due to it old age it has been damaged. Overall to some people stupidity some of the Parthenon would be still around.
The Parthenon frieze is supposed to be about Greek Mythology. The frieze was built between 442 BC to 438 BC. The Frieze is believed to be about the sacrifice of Pandora the youngest daughter of Erechtheus to Athena. The East pediment is about the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus. The West pediment is about the contest between Poseidon and Athena becoming the cities Patron.
The Parthenon is built out of marble. It is a Doric Temple with some features of Ionic. There are ninety –two metopes on the Parthenon. They were built between 446 BC to 440 BC. The East side of the metopes shows the Gigantomachy war which is about the Greek Gods versus the Giants. The West side of the metopes shows the Amazonomachy war which the Athenians fought against Amazons. The South side shows the battle between the Lapiths against the half horse half man Centaurs. Some of the metopes were missing due the poor conditions. The North side shows the sack of Troy.
Overall the Parthenon is one greatest temple in Ancient Athens. The Parthenon was built to worship Athena. Athena was the Patron of Athens. It was built during Athens Golden Age. The Parthenon was also built because of the invasion of Persia. The Golden Age in which the Parthenon was built, the Athenian were very proud of there culture.
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Article posted March 28, 2012 at 12:47 PM GMT •
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Article posted February 1, 2012 at 01:52 PM GMT •
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Henry Hutchinson and Daryl Villanueva
HR 313
1/30/12
In ancient Greece boats were very important. The land of Greece was mountainous and the land was very separated . With these boats the Greeks would not be able to visit the other parts of Greece. In Greece there was two main boat types in existence.These boats were a military ship and a cargo ship. These ships were very important in ancient Greece.One of the most well known boats for the military was called the Trirme. It had fifty in total rowers on the whole ship including both of the sides.One of the boats most used attacks was a ramming in to other boats hull. If the hull as broken the ship would be destroyed and sink all together. Another kind of boat that was very common was a cargo ship. This ship used sails and was powered by winds instead of rows This ships moved at five knots. Some times the wind wasn’t pushing in the straight direction for the sail so the workers had to turn side to side to get the winds power or in sailing terms jibe. Cargo ships were usually made of wood and weighed up to one hundred and fifty pounds. Mist cargo ships had to to three sails. Some cargo ships were called haulers, these ships had low hulls and wide beams . This helped these ships to sail closer to the wind so that they could move faster.Haulers were normally sixty feet long.
If sailors didn’t know how to navigate their lives could possibly be very endangered . You had to know how to how to steer , how the sails worked and how to work the anchors was very important for the ship to reach it’s destination. The tireme was steered by two big blades of steel. Surprisingly those oars were very heavy and only one man was controlling it. For anchors at firs they made of stone with a rope attached to it. The geeks had problems-+ with that because they weren’t able to get it to hook so they came up with a new model. The new model had two arms which were perpendicular to the flow of the sea. The anchor was made of wood as well as rock. The arms were made of lead and the tip was made of lead. The technology the Greeks used evolved over time and that’s why the Greeks were so skilled at boating and won most of their fights at the time.
Over time the Greeks came the greatest fighters of their time and they conquered a lot of land and since they used boats a lot they were considered very important. People used boats for fighting ,transportation and carrying goods. The reason people used boats so much was that it was very hard to climb on the rocky terrain of Greece and that made boats in ancient Greece so important.
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Article posted February 1, 2012 at 01:52 PM GMT •
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